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Orange Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Jelly like, orange, growing in a group on the end of a dead douglas fir. tuning fork basidia. septate spores.
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Angel's Wings (Pleurocybella porrigens)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Pure white, lacking stalk, gilled. growing on dead hemlock branch.
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Yellowleg Bonnet (Mycena epipterygia)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Small vibrant yellow. Growing in small group on conifer branch. Viscid cap and stem when fresh.
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Flexible Lorchel (Helvella elastica)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Long slender stalk. Spores discharged very easily.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Orange/cinnamon when fresh, color fades quickly after picked to more brown. Grows in large groups.
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Saddle-shaped False Morel (Gyromitra infula)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing single. All brown with saddle shaped cap. Looks just like another species except all brown instead of purple stipe.
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Fluted Black Elfin Saddle (Helvella lacunosa [inactive])Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing in moss next to stream.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Black, dark blue at center. fading to gray when dry. growing on hillside covered in moss. under conifers.
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Shellfish-scented Russula (Russula xerampelina)Observer
bmatsonDescription
viscid cap, golden fading to brown when dry. Strong fishy smell when cut.
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Hedgehog Mushrooms (Genus Hydnum)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Faded salmon pink. slightly pink/white teeth.
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Lactarius fragilisObserver
bmatsonDescription
dry cap, cinnamon orange color. white latex. mild taste, slightly sweet.
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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)Observer
bmatsonDescription
brown, scaly cap, apical annulus. growing in large groups on or at base of trees.
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Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa)Observer
bmatsonDescription
White, slightly browning at edges. wavy almost lettuce like folds. "cauliflower mushroom"
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing on downed hardwood. Grouped. Bright yellow. Dark brown spores on lower mushrooms. Both in conifer, mixed, and hardwood stands.
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Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing on dead wood. Often hardwood but occasionally conifers. Close to the ground. Tips covered in white spores.
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Aniseed Funnel (Collybia odora)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Vine maple, dogwood. Caespitose. Growing in needles. Spearmint green coloration.
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Violet Webcap (Cortinarius violaceus)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing at the base of a hemlock in pine needles, possibly dead wood.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Vine maple dominant. Conifers. Growing in needles and twig litter. Scattered.
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Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Sword ferns. Mixed woods. Growing in soil. Small group.
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Toothed Jelly Fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing on dead wood. Possibly conifer. In the duff.
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Ponderous Slippery Jack (Suillus ponderosus)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing on a hillside in loose soil under roots. Also growing near storm drain along trail. Mixed woods. Old growth.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Growing on dead branch, alder. Near trail and a nurse log. Mixed woods. Black when KOH was added.
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Dyer's Polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Found on dead Douglas fir. The tree was a recently dead old growth tree, killed by laminated root rot possibly. Near two waterfalls.
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
bmatsonDescription
Under pine tree, growing in soil. Pine needles. Froze overnight but ground under pine tree was not frozen.
